Thanks again to Rye local, Vic Vicary, an avid Rye News supporter, for putting together the following 20 question quiz for us. He puts a lot of effort into doing this and we are grateful to him.
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Questions
1. Who in 1972 had the number 1 hit I’d like to teach the world to sing?
2. Who on the 1972 number 1 hit was The long-haired lover from Liverpool?
3. Who was the jealous guy on the number 1 hit in 1981?
4. You can’t hurry love by Diana Ross didn’t quite get to number 1. Who took it to number 1 in 1983?
5. Who played Doc Holliday in the movie Gun Fight at OK Corral in 1957?
6. What lips did Cliff Richards have in 1963?
7. Who sang these lyrics “Every time I kiss you I’m still not certain that you love me”?
8. The invention of the mini skirt and hot pants are credited to which designer?
9. Can you unravel this anagram? THREE CRASHES (1960s pop group)
10. What pop group was living next door to Alice ?
11. What Elvis record did UB40 take to number 1?
12. Name the film. “I could have danced all night, I could have danced all night and still have begged for more.”
13. Who was Dean Martin’s comedy partner?
14. What name did Tonto call the Lone Ranger?
15. What famous hit taken to number 1 by several pop singers didn’t have the title mentioned in the song?
16. What name was Norman Wisdom known by in many of his comedy movies?
17. In the 60s what was the theme music to Juke Box Jury?
18. Which daughter of a famous father starred alongside Leslie Nielsen in the Naked Gun movies?
19. What become known as Wilson Gravy in the 60s?
20. Can you name the seven film stars in the 1960s film The Magnificent Seven?
Answer
1. New Seekers
2. Jimmy Osmond
3. Roxy Music
4. Phil Collins
5. Kirk Douglas
6. Lucky lips
7. Elvis (Suspicious Minds)
8. Mary Quant
9. The Searchers
10. Smokey
11. Falling in love with you
12. My Fair Lady
13. Jerry Lewis
14. Kemo sabe
15. Unchained Melody
16. Pitkins
17. Hit & Miss By John Barry Seven
18. Priscilla Presley ( Elvis’s Daughter )
19. HP Sauce after Harold Wilson
20. Yul Brynner, Charles Bronson, Steve McQueen, James Coburn, Horst Buchholz, Robert Vaughan, Brad Dexter.
Image Credits: Rye News Library , Publicity photo of the cast of 1960 western The Magnificent Seven/Fox Film Corporation http://WikimediaCommons Public domain .